Question

7th grade get them in order

Answer 1

The Zhou expand their land through conquests.

Zhou leaders take power and declare they have the Mandate of Heaven.

Zhou leaders place family members in charge of farwaway states.

Over time, ties between Zhou kings and faraway nobles weaken.

Fights break out between warlords, and Zhou kings cannot stop them. Zhou have lost the Mandate of Heaven.

Group of nobles join with nomadic invaders to try to overthrow the kind [sic: king], but fail.

Answer 2

Answer:

• Zhou leaders take power and declare they have the Mandate of Heaven.

• The Zhou expand their land through conquests.

• Zhou leaders place family members in charge of farwaway states.

• Over time, ties between Zhou kings and faraway nobles weaken.

• Group of nobles join with nomadic invaders to try to overthrow the kind [sic: king], but fail.

• Fights break out between warlords, and Zhou kings cannot stop them. Zhou have lost the Mandate of Heaven.

Explanation:

The "Mandate of Heaven" is an ancient Chinese philosophical concept that originated in the Zhou Dynasty. The Mandate determines whether an emperor of China is virtuous enough to rule; if he does not fulfill his obligations as emperor, then he loses his mandate and consequently the right to be emperor.

The order that the "Mandate of heaven" occurs and ends is listed above.